BR 1-13: The Enormous Turnip

" One morning, the farmer went to his field. He wanted a turnip. "(p.5)


When the farmer can’t pull a turnip out of the ground, he enlists his entire family to help him. But just how big can a turnip grow?!

The Enormous Turnip

I choose this book, because I can't understand contents of this book when I saw it in the first time. So it was interesting for me, and I choose it. When I read this book, I thought that I have been reading such story before. So I looked back on it with nostalgia, and it gives happy memories for me. It is good story. I can laughed to read this book, and I can felt happy.

I like this book, because it was so interesting for me. This book was wrote for children, but the content is so interesting. So it was interesting for me. Especially I like a scene that some animals appeared in this book. Those animals are very cute, I think. They are same as a people. It is interesting and funny. You can think so too!

This book's story was first written by Alexei Tolstoy. Alexei was a Count, he lived in Russia. He wrote long books for grown-ups... and shorter books for children. This book is level three book in Usborne first reading series. This book is easy to read. This story was retold by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Georgien Overwater. It is little long story (about 50 pages), but the sentence is short and easy to understand. Please try to read it!


Katie, Daynes. (2006). The Enormous Turnip. London, England: Usborne. 

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